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who performed the first open heart surgery?

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1. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was an African American physician who made history by performing the first successful open heart surgery operation. The earliest operations that can be considered cardiac surgery were limited to the pericardium, and were pioneered by, among others, Francisco Romero,[1] Dominique Jean Larrey, Henry Dalton, and Daniel Hale Williams. The first successful surgery on the heart itself, performed without any complications, was by Dr. Ludwig Rehn of Frankfurt, Germany, who repaired a stab wound to the right ventricle on September 7, 1896.
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3. The first successful surgery on the heart itself, performed without any complications, was by Dr. Ludwig Rehn of Frankfurt, Germany, who repaired a stab wound to the right ventricle on September 7, 1896. The earliest operations that can be considered cardiac surgery were limited to the pericardium, and were pioneered by, among others, Francisco Romero, Dominique Jean Larrey, Henry Dalton, and Daniel Hale Williams. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (January 18, 1856 - August 4, 1931) was a bi-racial American surgeon. He is known for performing an early surgery on the pericardium, repairing a knife wound with the use of sutures.
4. The first successful surgery on the heart itself, performed without any complications, was by Dr. Ludwig Rehn of Frankfurt, Germany, who repaired a stab wound to the right ventricle on September 7, 1896.
5. All I know is that Al Gore invented heart surgery.
6. Dr. Barnard
7. I think it was Blalock, but I am not positive.He developed surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot.